Deanna Haami
Biographic Data
| ID | 6662583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deanna Haami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Haami |
| SIGNATURE | HAAMI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5635-1681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pai te moe, pai te ora
Media has the potential to influence beliefs and social practices regarding sleep health. Sponsored articles, amateur guidance, and product advertising sit alongside Western scientific sleep research, which privileges biological and medicalized conceptualizations. Within this space, Indigenous knowledge and perspectives have largely been absent, creating a gap in culturally grounded understandings of sleep as a social practice. To begin the proce…
Kei te moe te tinana, kei te oho te wairua – As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens
For Aotearoa New Zealand Māori, sleep and wairua (spirit) are closely intertwined. During sleep the wairua awakens and journeys across multiple dimensions of time and space to attain the tools and knowledge the individual needs to navigate waking life. While this function of sleep is understood within Mātauranga Māori (bodies of knowledge regarding everything within the universe) (Hikuroa 2017), it has yet to be explored within psychological slee…
The spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand
For Aotearoa New Zealand Māori, wairua (spirit) is an integral aspect of existence and important source of well-being. In this qualitative study, 15 Māori participants discuss their personal experiences of wairua. Inductive thematic analysis revealed a diverse range of highly meaningful spiritual experiences occur for Māori, and align with historical accounts about wairua and existing academic research on anomalous experiences. Within Māori cultu…
Construction of a ‘Beliefs about Exceptional Experiences Scale’ (Bees)
Exceptional Experiences (EEs) are highly prevalent among the general population and are often perceived as positive and meaningful spiritual occurrences. Several scales measuring experiences and beliefs relating to EEs have previously been developed, yet most are based exclusively on Western understandings and perspectives, thus introducing linguistic and conceptual biases. The goal of this study was to develop a valid measure of belief in EEs am…
Kei te moe te tinana, kei te oho te wairua – As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens
For Aotearoa New Zealand Māori, sleep and wairua (spirit) are closely intertwined. During sleep the wairua awakens and journeys across multiple dimensions of time and space to attain the tools and knowledge the individual needs to navigate waking life. While this function of sleep is understood within Mātauranga Māori (bodies of knowledge regarding everything within the universe) (Hikuroa 2017), it has yet to be explored within psychological slee…
Construction of a ‘Beliefs about Exceptional Experiences Scale’ (Bees)
Exceptional Experiences (EEs) are highly prevalent among the general population and are often perceived as positive and meaningful spiritual occurrences. Several scales measuring experiences and beliefs relating to EEs have previously been developed, yet most are based exclusively on Western understandings and perspectives, thus introducing linguistic and conceptual biases. The goal of this study was to develop a valid measure of belief in EEs am…
The spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand
For Aotearoa New Zealand Māori, wairua (spirit) is an integral aspect of existence and important source of well-being. In this qualitative study, 15 Māori participants discuss their personal experiences of wairua. Inductive thematic analysis revealed a diverse range of highly meaningful spiritual experiences occur for Māori, and align with historical accounts about wairua and existing academic research on anomalous experiences. Within Māori cultu…
Kei te moe te tinana, kei te oho te wairua – As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens
For Aotearoa New Zealand Māori, sleep and wairua (spirit) are closely intertwined. During sleep the wairua awakens and journeys across multiple dimensions of time and space to attain the tools and knowledge the individual needs to navigate waking life. While this function of sleep is understood within Mātauranga Māori (bodies of knowledge regarding everything within the universe) (Hikuroa 2017), it has yet to be explored within psychological slee…
Pai te moe, pai te ora
Media has the potential to influence beliefs and social practices regarding sleep health. Sponsored articles, amateur guidance, and product advertising sit alongside Western scientific sleep research, which privileges biological and medicalized conceptualizations. Within this space, Indigenous knowledge and perspectives have largely been absent, creating a gap in culturally grounded understandings of sleep as a social practice. To begin the proce…
Aotearoa (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Spirituality (3 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Sleep and related disorders (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)